Frederick Murray Trotter

Frederick Murray Trotter
Born(1897 -04-19)19 April 1897
Died24 July 1968(1968-07-24) (aged 71)
EducationRutherford College, Newcastle
Alma materArmstrong College (B.Sc., 1920)
AwardsMurchison Medal (1956)
Sorby Medal (1967)
Scientific career
FieldsField geology
InstitutionsBritish Geological Survey

Frederick Murray Trotter (19 April 1897 – 24 July 1968) was a British geologist, who worked for his whole career with the British Geological Survey. He became best known for his geological field studies of industrial minerals – coal, salt and iron ores – and was awarded the Murchison Medal of the Geological Society of London in 1956.[1][2]

  1. ^ w.c.c.r. (1969). "Obituary - Frederick Murray Trotter". Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. 80: 126–127. doi:10.1016/S0016-7878(69)80027-1.
  2. ^ "Dr F. M. Trotter". Nature. 219 (5158): 1089–1090. 16 September 1968. Bibcode:1968Natur.219.1089.. doi:10.1038/2191089b0 – via www.nature.com.

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